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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALAMITY BY EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE

A Complete and Accurate Account of the Fearful Disaster which
Visited the Great City and the Pacific Coast, the Reign of Panic and
Lawlessness, the Plight of 300,000 Homeless People and the World-wide
Rush to the Rescue.

TOLD BY EYE WITNESSES

INCLUDING GRAPHIC AND RELIABLE ACCOUNTS OF ALL GREAT EARTHQUAKES AND
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS IN THE WORLD'S HISTORY, AND SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATIONS
OF THEIR CAUSES.

EDITED BY CHARLES MORRIS, LL. D.

PREFACE.	THE SAN FRANCISCO CALAMITY BY EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE
CHAPTER I.	SAN FRANCISCO AND ITS TERRIFIC EARTHQUAKE
CHAPTER II.	THE DEMON OF FIRE INVADES THE STRICKEN CITY
CHAPTER III.	FIGHTING FLAMES WITH DYNAMITE
CHAPTER IV.	THE REIGN OF DESTRUCTION AND DEVASTATION
CHAPTER V.	THE PANIC FLIGHT OF A HOMELESS HOST
CHAPTER VI.	FACING FAMINE AND PRAYING FOR RELIEF
CHAPTER VII.	THE FRIGHTFUL LOSS OF LIFE AND WEALTH
CHAPTER VIII.	WONDERFUL RECORD OF THRILLING ESCAPES
CHAPTER IX.	DISASTER SPREADS OVER THE GOLDEN STATE
CHAPTER X.	ALL AMERICA AND CANADA TO THE RESCUE
CHAPTER XI.	THE SAN FRANCISCO OF THE PAST
CHAPTER XII.	LIFE IN THE METROPOLIS OF THE PACIFIC
CHAPTER XIII.	PLANS TO REBUILD SAN FRANCISCO
CHAPTER XIV.	THE EARTHQUAKE WAVE FELT AROUND THE WORLD
CHAPTER XV.	VESUVIUS DEVASTATES THE REGION OF NAPLES
CHAPTER XVI.	THE GREAT LISBON AND CALABRIAN EARTHQUAKES
CHAPTER XVII.	THE CHARLESTON AND OTHER EARTHQUAKES OF THE UNITED STATES
CHAPTER XVIII.	THE VOLCANO AND THE EARTHQUAKE, EARTH'S DEMONS OF DESTRUCTION
CHAPTER XIX.	THE THEORIES OF VOLCANIC AND EARTHQUAKE ACTION
CHAPTER XX.	THE ACTIVE VOLCANOES OF THE EARTH
CHAPTER XXI.	THE FAMOUS VESUVIUS AND THE DESTRUCTION OF POMPEII
CHAPTER XXII.	ERUPTIONS OF VESUVIUS, ETNA AND STROMBOLI
CHAPTER XXIII.	SKAPTER JOKULL AND HECLA, THE GREAT ICELANDIC VOLCANOES
CHAPTER XXIV.	VOLCANOES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDS
CHAPTER XXV.	THE WONDERFUL HAWAIIAN CRATERS AND KILAUEA'S LAKE OF FIRE
CHAPTER XXVI.	POPOCATEPETL AND OTHER VOLCANOES OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA
CHAPTER XXVII.	THE TERRIBLE ERUPTION OF KRAKATOA
CHAPTER XXVIII.	MONT PELEE AND ITS HARVEST OF DEATH IN 1902
CHAPTER XXIX.	ST. VINCENT ISLAND AND MONT SOUFRIERE IN 1812
CHAPTER XXX.	SUBMARINE VOLCANOES AND THEIR WORK OF ISLAND-BUILDING
CHAPTER XXXI.	MUD VOLCANOES, GEYSERS AND HOT SPRINGS

American Life

Selected American history

A Complete and Accurate Account of the Fearful Disaster which Visited the Great City and the Pacific Coast, the Reign of Panic and Lawlessness, the Plight of 300,000 Homeless People and the World-wide Rush to the Rescue.

TOLD BY EYE WITNESSES

INCLUDING GRAPHIC AND RELIABLE ACCOUNTS OF ALL GREAT EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS IN THE WORLD'S HISTORY, AND SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATIONS OF THEIR CAUSES.

EDITED BY CHARLES MORRIS, LL. D.

A Complete and Accurate Account of the Fearful Disaster which
Visited the Great City and the Pacific Coast, the Reign of Panic and
Lawlessness, the Plight of 300,000 Homeless People and the World-wide
Rush to the Rescue.

INCLUDING GRAPHIC AND RELIABLE ACCOUNTS OF ALL GREAT EARTHQUAKES AND
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS IN THE WORLD'S HISTORY, AND SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATIONS
OF THEIR CAUSES.